Spain and Colonies
Spain. Alfonso XII
177. 1877. 25 cts chestnut. MALAGA to COPENHAGEN (DENMARK). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DIRECTED TO DENMARK.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
177. 1877. 25 cts chestnut, leaf edge. BARCELONA to ARENDAL (NORWAY). On the front, handwritten notation "Via Alemania". MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
177, 178. 1877. 25 cts red chestnut and 40 cts chestnut. BARCELONA to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE COMBINATION TO COMPLETE THE 65 CTS RATE VIA BARCELONA OF JANUARY 1876, THE USE OF THE 40 CTS IS VERY RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
177(4). 1877. 25 cts brown, four stamps. BARCELONA to CHARLESTON (USA). Four postage charges according to the General Union of Post Office rates in force since January 1876. MAGNIFICENT, VERY RARE, AND SPECTACULAR.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
177. 1877. 25 cts red chestnut. MADRID to VIENNA (AUSTRIA). Arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
179, 183. 1877. 5 cts and 50 cts. BARCELONA to PUERTO RICO. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
(★) 190/99. 1878. Complete series, affixed to a model sheet from the Stamp Society. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
191, 192, 196. 1878. 5 cts orange, 10 cts brown and 50 cts green. Front of BARCELONA to MONTEVIDEO (URUGUAY). MAGNIFICENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
192(2), 162(3). 1878. 10 black chestnut cts, two stamps and 2 chestnut cts of 1875, three stamps. SAN FERNANDO (CADIZ) to FLORENCE (ITALY). On the front it marks INSTITUTO / Y / OBSERVATORIO DE MARINA / DE / SAN FERNANDO, in blue (the 2 cts stamp of 1875 had been demonetized since July 31, 1878). MAGNIFICENT AND SPECTACULAR POSTAGE OF TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES OF ALFONSO XII, ONLY KNOWN.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
193(3). 1878. 20 cts black, three stamps. BARCELONA to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA) (address eroded), deposited directly on the ship "Savoie", of the Sociedad General de Transportes Marítimos, so the stamps are rendered unusable at destination in Buenos Aires. BEAUTIFUL AND VERY RARE, ESPECIALLY WITH INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE OF 5 CTS.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
★ 193s. 1878. 20 cts black (large margins). UNPERFORATED. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE. Cert. CEM.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
194, 188. 1878. 25 cts sepia olive and 15 cts carmine War Tax. BARCELONA to SAN JUAN (PUERTO RICO). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
198(4). 1878. 4 pts violet, block of four. Postmarked Correo CENTRAL / PRINTED CERT, in blue. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE. Edifil 2020: +825 Euros
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Spain. Alfonso XII
194. 1879. 25 cts sepia olive. BARCELONA to BOMBAY (INDIA), circulated via Marseille and England. On the back, French traveling postmen and date stamp SEA / POST OFFICE / D. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTRAORDINARILY RARE DESTINATION, PROBABLY THE FIRST PHILATELIC LETTER CIRCULATED TO INDIA.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
194, 196. 1879. 25 cts sepia olive and 50 cts green. BARCELONA to PERNAMBUCO (BRAZIL), correct postage of 75 cts according to the July 1876 rate via Portugal but with an excess of 25 cts according to the July 1877 rate. BEAUTIFUL AND RARE LETTER ADDRESSED TO BRAZIL.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
194(3). 1879. 25 cts sepia, three stamps. VALENCIA to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). Postage of 75 cts according to the January 1876 tariff via Portugal. MAGNIFICENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
197. 1879. 1 pt gray. LA CORUÑA to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). On the front, a trefoil date stamp CORUÑA, handwritten "Via La Coruña" and arrival SUBSCRIBERS / BUENOS AIRES. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE RATE AND USE OF THE 1 PTS.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201(10). 1879. 5 ct. green, two strips of five. MADRID to PARIS. Priced on arrival in France. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
202. 1879. 25 cts dark gray. Variety of impression, by the incorporation of a foreign body in the cliché. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTRAORDINARILY RARE AND SPECTACULAR, WE DO NOT REMEMBER A VARIETY OF THIS APPEARANCE AND WITH THESE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE CLASSIC PERIOD OF THE SPANISH LABEL.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
202, 204, 207. 1879. 10 cts, 25 cts and 1 pts. Certificate from PALMA DE MALLORCA to VALLDEMOSA. Certificate number, taking of reason and received from the recipient. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
202. (circa 1879). 10 cts carmine rose bisected to serve as 5 cts. Front of the "La Publicidad" newspaper from Barcelona to Paris (France). Trefoil postmark: Estafeta de Cambio / Barcelona, without date block. Magnificent and rare.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
203, 207. 1879. 20 cts. brown and 1 sts. rose. MADRID to GUATEMALA. Rhombus with star postmark, clover on the front *ESTAFETA DE CAMBIO* / MADRID and rate "4". MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE CIRCULATED WITH 1 pts, EXCEPTIONAL DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
203, 207. 1879. 20 cts reddish brown and 1 pt pink (fair condition). MADRID to GUATEMALA. On the front, a cloverleaf-type date stamp reads: EXCHANGE STATION / MADRID, postage of 1.20 pts for letters via England according to the September 1878 rate. BEAUTIFUL AND RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
204. 1879. 25 gray cts. TARRAGONA to GENOVA (ITALY). On the front mark PIROSCAFI POSTALI / ESTERI. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTRAORDINARILY RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
204, 205. 1879. 25 cts blue grey and 40 cts brown. MADRID to CAMARINES DEL SUR (PHILIPPINES). Clover postmark MADRID / (1). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
|COVER| 204(3). 1879. 25 cts blue-grey, strip of three. CADIZ to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). Postmark COMPAÑIA SB LAVARELLO Y CIª / AGENCY / OF / CADIZ / TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS, in blue. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTRAORDINARILY RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
△ 207(2), 208(8). 1879. 1 pink pts, couple and 4 gray pts, eight stamps on fragment. BURGOS clover postmark / (10). MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE A BLOCK OF THIS SIZE, IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE LARGEST POSTAGE WITH 4 PTS ON A FRAGMENT, LETTER OR FRONT, PIECE OF HUGE SPECTACULARITY.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201, 204. 1880. 5 cts. green and 25 cts. Gray. MADRID to MALAGA. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE REACH RATE WITH 5 CTS. MORE ABOUT THE NORMAL RATE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201, 206(2). 1880. 5 cts green, 50 cts orange, two stamps and 12 cts revenue stamp from Receipts. ALICANTE to MANILA (PHILIPPINES), forwarded to CEBU on the second day of application of the rate. Clover postmark ALICANTE / (4). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DOUBLE POSTAGE, ESPECIALLY WITH A REVENUE STAMP.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
202, 204. 1880. 10 cts carmine and 25 cts blue grey. BARCELONA to MADRID. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE 35 CTS POSTAGE TO COMPLETE THE DOUBLE POSTAGE RATE, ACCORDING TO THE RATE OF MAY 1879.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
204(4). 1880. 25 cts blue gray, four stamps (minor erosion on one stamp). Certificate from MADRID to NAPLES (ITALY). On the front it marks CERTIFICATE, on the back arrival. BEAUTIFUL AND VERY RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
204, 206(2). 1880. 25 cts lilac grey and 50 cts orange, two stamps. Certificate from TARRASA (BARCELONA) to AURILLAC (FRANCE). On the front, the linear mark CERTIFICATE. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE FOUR-POST CERTIFIED POSTAGE TO ITALY.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
206. 1880. 50 cts orange. VIGO to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). On the front steam manuscript "By Minho". MAGNIFICENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
173(20). 1881. 4/4 green cuartos , twenty stamps. VILLAGARCIA to BERHS (ENGLAND). MAGNIFICENT AND SPECTACULAR POSTAGE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
204eca. 1881. 25 cts black-grey COLOR ERROR. BADAJOZ to MERIDA. Clover postmark BADAJOZ / (7). MAGNIFICENT AND SPECTACULAR PIECE, WHICH IN OUR OPINION IS DUE TO A COLOR TONE, IN CONTRAST TO THE OPINION OF THE EDIFIL CATALOGUE WHICH CONSIDERS IT A COLOR ERROR, AS WE HAVE DESCRIBED IT FOR YOUR BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
205. 1881. 40 cts chestnut. Addressed to RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL), circulated via Portugal. MAGNIFICENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201. 1882. 5 cts green. CADIZ to NANTES. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL PRICE OF PRINTS.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201. 1882. 5 cts green. Printed fee from BARCELONA to BAZET (FRANCE). MAGNIFICENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
202(4). 1882. 10 cts, four stamps. MADRID to CARUPANO (VENEZUELA). MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
207. 1882. 1 pt. pink. SANTANDER to CARUPANO (VENEZUELA), transported on the packet boat "Ville de Brest". Postmark: SANTANDER / (43) cloverleaf and on the front, French octagonal date stamp: SANTANDER / PAQ.FR.Nº2 and handwritten "Via Santander Paquete Francés". MAGNIFICENT AND RARE, A PIECE OF ENORMOUS SPECTACULARITY.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
210, mobile. (1882ca). 15 cts orange and 10 cts blue, mobile bell. Addressed to PARIS. By Viella de Aran. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
210, 202. 1882. 15 cts yellow and 10 cts carmine rose. BILBAO to BORGA (FINLAND). On the front, handwritten notation "Via Paris and Saint Petersburg", on the back, arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
212(12). 1882. 75 cts violet-gray, block of twelve. CORREO CENTRAL / PRINTED CERT. MAGNIFICIENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201, 202. 1883. 10 cts and 5 cts. CADIZ to SHERRY. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL COMBINATION TO COMPOSE THE RATE OF 15 CTS.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201, 205. 1883. 5 cts green and 40 cts brown. MADRID to RONDA (MALAGA). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE AND COMPOSITION OF THE TRIPLE POSTAGE RATE ACCORDING TO THE RATE OF JANUARY 1882.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
204(3). 1883. 25 cts blue grey, strip of three. Registered mail from MADRID to OLORON (FRANCE). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DOUBLE REGISTERED POSTAGE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
210(5), 204(3). 1883. 15 cts orange, five stamps (one with a right corner, of no importance) and 25 cts blue-gray, three stamps. Registered from MADRID to TOLEDO, reissued to MADRID. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE FIVE-POST REGISTERED POSTAGE, A PIECE OF ENORMOUS SPECTACULARITY AND IMPORTANCE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
211(2), 202(2). 1883. 30 cts lilac, two stamps and 10 cts carmine, two stamps. BARCELONA to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE COMBINATION TO COMPOSE THE DOUBLE POSTAGE RATE, COMBINING TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201, 210(3). 1884. 5 cts green and 15 cts orange, strip of three. CAUDETE to ALBAY (PHILIPPINES). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201(3), 203(3). 1884. 5 cts green, strip of three and 20 cts red chestnut, strip of three. Certificate from BARCELONA to SAN LUIS (USA) (certain minor erosions). MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL POSTAGE OF DOUBLE POSTAGE VIA ENGLAND.
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